Ashley Campbell
Set in the 1990s, in a predominately white suburban town, my current work is an evolving love letter to my adolescence. Growing up as a biracial kid in an unconventional living situation, I struggled with belonging and often felt isolated in my town. Like most kids who grew up in the 90s, I looked forward to trips to Blockbuster on Friday nights, watching Nickelodeon and going to the mall on weekends (not to buy anything) but to loiter at the food court. It wouldn't be until much later in life that I would realize how those simple moments made a lasting impression on me.
Ashley (Ash) Corpuz Campbell is a Filipino-American ceramic artist and educator. Ashley has participated in short-term residencies at Arrowmont and Watershed Center for Ceramic Craft. She has shown work at Good Earth Pottery, Saltstone Ceramics, The Clay Studio and Taoxichuan Ceramic Art Avenue. In her current practice, Ashley experiments with texture and non-ceramic materials to create visual "love letters" for the salad days of youth. She utilizes bright colors mixed with pastel tones to create playful landscapes with a maximalist mentality Ashley lives in the Pacific Northwest with her partner and two cats and is always down to watch a horror movie. She currently teaches workshops and classes at Pottery Northwest.
